Policy tools for allocative efficiency of health services /

Health care should be provided efficiently, given the potential gains for patients and the population and the high cost of some kinds of care. Emphasizing the most cost-effective services can in principle attain the greatest health gains. Policies are implemented through tools available to policy ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Liu, Xingzhu
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Geneva : World Health Organization, ©2003.
Temas:
Medical policy.
Medical economics.
Evidence-based medicine.
Health planning.
Cost effectiveness.
Health > economics
Health Planning
Policy Making
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Evidence-Based Medicine > organization & administration
Health Policy
Economics, Medical
Evidence-Based Practice
Evidence-Based Medicine
Politique sanitaire.
Économie de la santé.
Médecine factuelle.
Santé publique > Planification.
Coût-efficacité.
cost benefit analysis.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Health planning
Cost effectiveness
Evidence-based medicine
Medical economics
Medical policy
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • TABLES, FIGURES, BOXES; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1. HEALTH SERVICE POLICY AND EFFICIENCY; 2. HEALTH RESOURCES PLANNING; 3. ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR PROVIDERS; 4. ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR USERS; 5. DEFINING BENEFIT PACKAGES; 6. INFORMING PROVIDERS; 7. MANAGED CARE; 8. SUMMARY OF POLICY TOOLS; 9. TOWARDS A POLICY TOOLKIT; 10. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY AND RESEARCH; ANNEX: PRINCIPLES FOR TOOL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE LIST; INDEX.

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